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Official Airport to SDK project: here is a small app to help you (draft)

I am absolutely not clear what you are trying to do and I am not sure this topic is ideal to discuss it since it is about a tool to create a MSFS project from a MSFS bgl file
 
I am absolutely not clear what you are trying to do and I am not sure this topic is ideal to discuss it since it is about a tool to create a MSFS project from a MSFS bgl file
Sorry... It creates the package so that msfs see it. Not sure if sdk or latest msfs.. but nothing loaded for KINT from ade for msfs..wouldn't build the packages right....i am a total noob at this stuff... Maybe build is not the right word but it makes it visible in msfs dev tool to see it and i think build from inside msfs now?
 

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OK so you are trying to load a project created by Airport2Project and you are not able to load it into Dev Mode?
 
Hi All,

Okay I think this is the tool I want. My job: add taxiway lights to KDSM, a semi-major cargo hub in the US midwest. The taxiway edge and centerline lights are missing altogether in the default scenery.

Using this tool, I can determine that these lights are all set to false in the default scenery. I just did a copy/replace in Notepad++ to change the centerline light readings to true. I then loaded MSFS, loaded the scenery package, and tried to build it. There were errors, none of which pointed to taxiways. I'm assuming that because there were errors nothing happened. Do I have to clear these unrelated errors in order for this to work? I'm assuming so, but I just want to make sure before I chase down something I don't have to worry about. Just looking to see if I'm on the right path.

Thanks all!
 
Used 1.0.0.6 first time and want to thank the creators of this powerful tool. All bgl elements within the airport container appear and shed much light on a problem I'm attacking. The stock KCRP has two ILS/DME and one LOC/DME navaids for two runways. The stock airport has one runway and three LOC/DME navaids (no GS). Converting the stock bgl into xml I can clearly see that those GS elements are included. Part two of the problem is that when using the appropriate elements of delete airport, none of the runway navaids that I add in a modified airport (using ADE20, using DEV mode or direct edit of xml file) render into the platform. I haven't solved the problem yet, but this tool is a major assist. Thank you!
 
Can someone share how this tool works. I have an airport that i think MSFS screwed up. I am getting no comms/navaids and none of the lighting seems to work like it did in FSX. But anyway. i am getting this error msg.. Someone look at it and maybe share whats wrong.
Thanks... I have tried the tool but I can't load the xml into ADE. Thought maybe I could get it to fix my airport before I do anything else.
Greets and BeSafe,
BobM.
 

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This is straight forward, from your error text: ERROR: 1075, 124, '5' violates enumeration constraint of 'SIZE1 SIZE2 SIZE3 SIZE4 SIZE5'. The attribute 'size' with value '5' failed to parse.

Manually edit the xml and change the taxi sign size from '5' to 'SIZE5'

Looks like a typical MSFS misuse of variables where the compiler requires an enumerated variable and then changes it in the bgl to just a number. They do this in many places, one has to expect the unexpected with some of their stuff.
 
Thanks :) Still trying to figure out how to start using the tool Airport to Project. I have no Comm or Navaids listed in my Lists...

BobM
 
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Love this .little app. Can someone please explain the delete tags and how they work when using them. Thanks
 
Love this .little app. Can someone please explain the delete tags and how they work when using them. Thanks
The tags you select will be deleted from the default airport. All this will be included in the project for you to edit, but by deleting certain items you are making sure they will no be shown twice once your project is completed. For example, if you select deleteAllTaxiways, it will delete all the taxiways from the default airport, but this app will extract them into your project for edition.
 
Hi folks
Are you tired (like I am) to find your favorite airport incomplete ? (Missing taxi signs, shuffled taxi names, etc , etc).
So I wrote a small app that converts (as much as possible) an official airport to a project that you can use with the SDK to update your favorite airport.
I used it to update the airport where my fly school is based (CYHU) and I was able to correct and fix the taxi signs and taxi names.

Disclaimer: the app is based on the current (incomplete and partial) knowledge I have of the new structure of the FS2020 BGL files regarding airports. I will try to update it in the coming months. For example, the jetways will be missing and you'll have some warning when loading the project in the SDK. The app DOES NOT modify any file : it just creates a project that you should be able to use as is.

Version 1.0.0.3 now contains Jetways
Version 1.0.0.4 now contains Coms and ILS
Version 1.0.0.5 missing glideslope and dme for ILS
Version 1.0.0.5a Fix duplicate width with ILS
Version 1.0.0.6 : Try - repeat try - to handle (and ignore for now) new tags for approaches

Enjoy !
Thank you so much, a fantastic app, very useful even in the new design phase.
I look forward to every evolution of this beautiful app.
Thanks again
 
Hi Patrick. I'm getting some errors with the new version>

<TaxiwaySign lat="-45.0182923302054" lon="168.741922080517" heading="71.499" label="r23-05l[C]" justification="RIGHT" size="5" />

This should read>

<TaxiwaySign lat="-45.0182923302054" lon="168.741922080517" heading="71.499" label="r23-05l[C]" justification="RIGHT" size="SIZE5" />

Also, in the airport's XML header>

¹å<?xml version="1.0"?>

It should be>

<?xml version="1.0"?>
 
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